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scaled - Member

So I just nipped out on to Oxford St in Manchester to meet my gf for a coffee.

At 12:10 by Portalnd buildings/McDonald's a female cyclist and a black 62 plate fiesta were having a bit of verbal which culminated in the driver reaching out of his car and punching the cyclist on the hatched markings, then he sped off and the cyclist went on her way before my gf could stop her for a bit of witness action.

If you recognise the cyclist or hear about anyone getting punched by a car drive let me know!

We've reported it to the police already and they're trying to track the cyclist down as well.

Picture of the car and cyclist.

Posted 7 months ago #
allthepies - Member

Must be painful getting punched there.

Posted 7 months ago #
wwaswas - Member

Must be painful getting punched there.

that was what stood out for me as well. I spend too much time on here, I think.

Posted 7 months ago #
patriotpro - Member

Unless that car is on false plates - assaulting someone in broad daylight in a city-centre in the middle of the day is surely doomed for reprimand.

Hope they get them and chop them up into lil pieces.

Posted 7 months ago #
nbt - Member

Shared this on Facebook, as many of may contacts work in That Manchester

Posted 7 months ago #
SiB - Member

Makes my blood boil a male hitting a female, and 'protected' by sitting in his metal box. Fooking tosser, hope he gets caught and sent down in the same cell as Mr Big who uses him as a sex toy.

And relax

Posted 7 months ago #
TuckerUK - Member

Makes my blood boil a male hitting a female,

No sexism here please.

You probably meant to say "Makes my blood boil a larger stronger person hitting a smaller weaker person regardless of the sex of either."

Posted 7 months ago #
enfht - Member

Wonder what she said to the driver?

"Go on you big pansy, punch me if you think you're tough enough, you've just poo'd your pants. Chicken. I'd beat you up no problem I'm well tough I am, Id kick your ass with my eyes closed standing on one leg"

Or similar?

Posted 7 months ago #
ratherbeintobago - Member

a black 62 plate fiesta

Focus.

/pedantry

Posted 7 months ago #
scaled - Member

pffft, I ride a bike and drive a 13 year old car

Posted 7 months ago #
mikeconnor - Member

The police won't act unless there is a complaint made by either party, or there is sufficient evidence to suggest any unlawful act has taken place. Hopefully the cyclist will make a complaint, and then you and your girlfiredn will be able to act as witnesses to the assault. Good on you for reporting it.

Posted 7 months ago #
scaled - Member

Indeed mike, I know there's a lot of Manchester bikers on here, unfortunately, looking at her kit and bike it's not likely she's a regular on here

Posted 7 months ago #
patriotpro - Member

ratherbeintobago - Member

a black 62 plate fiesta

Focus.

/pedantry

Missed that form the OP - now wondering what description the OP gave out to anyone else.

Posted 7 months ago #
scaled - Member

Only posted it on here, my gf reported it to the police

Posted 7 months ago #
SiB - Member

Makes my blood boil a male hitting a female,

No sexism here please.

You probably meant to say "Makes my blood boil a larger stronger person hitting a smaller weaker person regardless of the sex of either."

Nope, sexism rules in this example!!

Posted 7 months ago #
yunki - Member

at least he only punched her on the hatched markings.. imagine if he'd headbutted her near the belisha beacons..

Posted 7 months ago #
hp_source - Member

Car reg matches the DVLA info.... so that at least give them a fair chance of catching the idiot

Registration: MK62GSZ
Make: FORD
Model: FOCUS (5 DOOR HATCHBACK)
Colour: BLACK

Posted 7 months ago #
Bunnyhop - Member

Scary.
I was verbally abused by a driver in a ford focus trying to turn right on a busy road in Stockport a few years ago, luckily I had several witnesses, otherwise I'm pretty sure the idiot would have tried to punch my lights out and knock me off my bike.

Glad your gf reported it scaled, hope they find the tosser.

Posted 7 months ago #
belugabob - Member

At the very least, he shouldn't have been stationary on the hatched markings.

Posted 7 months ago #
Lady Gresley - Member

Well done for reporting it - no-one I know though.

Posted 7 months ago #
porter_jamie - Member

it's a 1.0 ecoboost focus

Posted 7 months ago #
Johnny Panic - Member

Curious how you can tell that.

Posted 7 months ago #
sbob - Member

pffft, I ride a bike and drive a 13 year old car

Funny, I drive a car and ride a thirteen year old...

...motorbike.
Good work OP, hope this coward gets fingered.

Posted 7 months ago #
theotherjonv - Member

The police won't act unless there is a complaint made by either party, or there is sufficient evidence to suggest any unlawful act has taken place

Are photos and a witness statement not enough? I thought that if a crime was reported the police had to investigate, and then it's up to the CPS whether to prosecute. Only because there was an incident in the local paper recently, where one guy assaulted another with an iron bar, but the guy who was assaulted said he didn't want to press charges and instead would sort it out in his own way......

Posted 7 months ago #
porter_jamie - Member

Johnny Panic - Member
Curious how you can tell that.

use the reg. number, but you need to know where to look!

Posted 7 months ago #
porter_jamie - Member

http://www.etis.ford.com/vehicleRegSelector.do

Posted 7 months ago #
Johnny Panic - Member

Interesting. Says my Focus hatch is a C-Max...
Other than that it's bang on though.

Posted 7 months ago #
xiphon - Member

...edited...

Posted 7 months ago #
Bernaard - Member

Her saddles too low ;0)

Posted 7 months ago #
jkomo - Member

At least she wasn't punched in the box.

Posted 7 months ago #
nbt - Member

Any updates on this?

Posted 6 months ago #

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